The name Big Bambu is an orientation to a type of rolling paper made by the Bambu company; the original LP sleeve was designed by Ernie Cefalu and manufactured to look like a giant rolling paper package, and originally contained a giant rolling paper with the record.

Since its release, vinyl copies with the rolling paper have become notably hard to find.

The original CD packaging has been slightly reformatted, and does not contain rolling papers of any size.